Plumber Kensington

Kensington WA 6151, City of South Perth. About 3 km south of the Perth CBD.

Kensington sits about three kilometres south of the Perth CBD, split between the City of South Perth and the Town of Victoria Park, bounded by Canning Highway, Berwick Street, Kent Street and Hayman Road. It was named for the racecourse that once stood here and much of its housing dates from the interwar years. For a plumber that means genuinely old drainage, character homes that constrain what can be altered, and two councils depending on which side of the suburb you are on.

• Housing old enough that records run outA Kensington house can be a century old and its drainage has usually been altered several times since. We camera the line before quoting rather than assuming a standard layout, because on a house this age what is actually under the floor is frequently not what anyone expects.
• Character homes and what can be changedRenovating a bathroom or kitchen in an older Kensington house means routing new pipework without tearing apart original fabric. That takes planning before the work starts, not decisions made once a wall is open.
• Small lots with services close togetherInner-suburban blocks here are narrow, and the water and sewer connections sit close to boundaries and to neighbours. Locating before any excavation matters more on a tight Kensington block than it does on a quarter-acre.
• Two councils across one suburbKensington is split between the City of South Perth and the Town of Victoria Park, so anything needing an approval or a new connection goes to a different authority depending on the address. We confirm which applies before starting.